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| Question | Answer |
| 1944 - Tripartite system | - Free education - 11+ test decided the school you went to - Grammar: more able, M/C, higher ed. - Technical: W/C, vocational. - Secondary modern: W/C, basics, failures - System reflects class divisions |
| 1944 - Tripartite System EVALUATION | - Grammar schools get more funding - Only academic ability is considered - Tests used elaborated code (biased) Functionalists believe it's meritocracy. Marxists argue it's ethnocentric and promotes false class consciousness. |
| 1965 - Comprehensive system | - Uses 'social democratic' ideals - Comprehensive schools are free state schools that have no entry requirements |
| 1965 - Comprehensive system EVALUATION | Functionalists say it's meritocratic as there are mixed classes. Marxists say the system emphasises the difference between social classes. |
| 1988 - Education Reform Act | - Marketing education by reducing state control and creating competition. - National Curriculum. - Formula funding + LMS. - Some schools became more selective. - Business sponsorship of schools (CTCs). |
| 1988 - Education Reform Act EVALUATION | - Marketisation can increase inequalities through league tables and funding formulas. - Myth of parentocracy (M/C parents have more economic/cultural capital). - Marxists say it benefits the ruling class. |
| 1997 onwards | - Education Action zones - 'Aim Higher' programmes - Educational Maintenence Allowance: allowance to W/C students for higher ed. - Specialist schools |
| 1997 onwards EVALUATION | LIBERALS: overly economic MARXISTS: doesn't really tackle inequality E.g. Tuition fees for higher ed affects the economically underprivileged. |
| ACADEMIES ACT 2010 | - ACADEMIES: self-governed, more control, funded by businesses. - FREE schools: state-funded but different curriculum. Set up in places lacking schools - FAITH SCHOOLS: focuses on one specific religion. |
| EDUCATION ACT 2011 | - Teachers are allowed to discipline students more. -Ofsted reports reassessed. - Teacher had all the power in the classroom |
| THE ENGLISH BACCALAUREATE | - Linked to GCSE, measure of performance, not a qualification. |
| SLIMMED-DOWN NATIONAL CURRICULUM | - Gave schools compulsory curriculum for core subjects only, so schools had more freedom with what to teach. |
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